Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Datix Analyst

The closing date is 21 October 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust as a Senior Datix Analyst in our Quality Governance Team.

This pivotal role will place you at the heart of our patient safety and governance work, ensuring our incident and risk management system (DatixWeb) is used to its fullest potential. You will be the Trust's in-house Datix expert, supporting staff across all Divisions and satellite sites, providing high-quality training, and ensuring the accuracy of our data so it drives learning, improvement, and safer care.

As well as managing and supporting the Datix Analyst, you will play a key role in our upcoming transition to a new incident management system and in enhancing our integration with the national Learning from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) service. Your work will help turn accurate data into meaningful insights, trends, and actions that make a real difference.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Datix Analyst will be the Trust's in-house expert for Datix, ensuring staff are trained, supported, and confident in its use. The post holder will ensure accurate data entry, enabling reliable statistical reporting and helping the Trust maximise the system's potential.

The role will lead the transition to the Trust's next incident management system, following the current tender process, advising on applicability, readiness, and requirements for a smooth and successful implementation.

The Trust has already integrated Datix with the national LFPSE reporting system. The Senior Datix Analyst will be pivotal in enhancing this integration, ensuring it continues to meet organisational needs, and adopting future updates as the national system evolves.

Working as part of the Quality Governance & Risk Team, the post holder will collaborate with Divisions across the Trust and with satellite sites in the local health community, delivering essential data that accurately reflects the Trust's risk profile.

The role also includes day-to-day system administration and the supervision and development of the Datix Analyst.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Date posted

09 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,617 to £48,778 a year per annum pro rata - inclues high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

384-AGB-EMF19103-B6

Job locations

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role supports the Trusts quality improvement and governance agenda by ensuring the Datix system is effectively managed, optimised, and used to improve safety, learning, and performance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role supports the Trusts quality improvement and governance agenda by ensuring the Datix system is effectively managed, optimised, and used to improve safety, learning, and performance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant field
Evidence of ongoing professional development relevant to the role

Desirable

Formal training in data analysis, business intelligence, or information management
Training qualification or recognised experience in designing and delivering training

Knowledge

Essential

Significant experience in administering and optimising Datix or another incident management system
Experience of leading system upgrades or migrations, including change management
Knowledge of NHS governance, patient safety reporting, and LFPSE requirements
Experience in developing reports, dashboards, and data visualisations
Knowledge of national patient safety policy and statutory reporting obligations

Desirable

Previous experience in a healthcare or NHS setting

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant field
Evidence of ongoing professional development relevant to the role

Desirable

Formal training in data analysis, business intelligence, or information management
Training qualification or recognised experience in designing and delivering training

Knowledge

Essential

Significant experience in administering and optimising Datix or another incident management system
Experience of leading system upgrades or migrations, including change management
Knowledge of NHS governance, patient safety reporting, and LFPSE requirements
Experience in developing reports, dashboards, and data visualisations
Knowledge of national patient safety policy and statutory reporting obligations

Desirable

Previous experience in a healthcare or NHS setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)